Bill Text: IL HB3688 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Community Service Education Act. Provides that the Community Service Education Program must be jointly administered by the State Board of Education and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor (instead of being administered solely by the State Board). Provides that the State Board and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor are jointly authorized to make grants (instead of only the State Board being authorized). Requires the State Board and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to jointly adopt rules (instead of allowing the State Board to adopt rules).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3688 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB3688-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB3688 Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. William Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 60/10
105 ILCS 60/25
105 ILCS 60/92
105 ILCS 60/500
Amends the Community Service Education Act. Provides that the Community Service Education Program must be jointly administered by the State Board of Education and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor (instead of being administered solely by the State Board). Provides that the State Board and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor are jointly authorized to make grants (instead of only the State Board being authorized). Requires the State Board and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to jointly adopt rules (instead of allowing the State Board to adopt rules).
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Community Service Education Act is amended
by changing Sections 10, 25, 92, and 500 as follows:
(105 ILCS 60/10)
Sec. 10. Community Service Education Program. There is
created the Community Service Education Program, administered
jointly by the State Board of Education and the Office of the
Lieutenant Governor, in cooperation with school districts.
Participation in this program is voluntary. The following items
may serve as best practices to be considered by school
districts opting to implement the program under Section 25 of
this Act:
(1) The program contains provisions and standards
conducive to the establishment of community, business, and
education partnerships that give use to lasting
relationships between school districts and partners that
are mutually beneficial.
(2) The program provides greater community access to
school facilities and programs to promote increased
achievement by children.
(3) The program makes school facilities available for

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citizen use.
(4) The program organizes local residents to assess
local conditions, set priorities, identify program needs,
and participate in program planning and development.
(5) The program identifies and utilizes resources
within the community or those that impact on the community.
(6) The program assists in the initiation of new and
improved programs in an effort to improve opportunities for
all residents of the community.
(7) The program provides effective youth training
programs and employment counseling in schools, as well as
paid work experience linking the schools with the private
sector.
(8) The program provides student involvement in
community service learning activities, organizations, and
intergenerational programs.
(9) The program provides volunteer programs to bring
parents, business personnel, community agency
representatives, retirees, and other students into the
classroom as participants in the teaching of students.
(10) The program provides supplemental or additional
programs for junior high school and high school age youth
that may consist of enrichment, individual, and
supplemental activities, as well as recreational,
cultural, and vocational programs.
(11) The program provides programs to meet the

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individual needs of all people who reside in the school
district being served.
Nothing set forth in items (7) through (11) shall be
constituted as either requiring or permitting the Community
Service Education Program to have any program or programs
serving the same purpose or purposes as those elsewhere
specifically provided for in the School Code.
The Community Service Education Program shall avoid
duplication of existing programs operated by other entities in
whole or in part within a school district. The Community
Service Education Program shall provide for the involvement of
the residents of a school district in ascertaining the identity
of local problems and in ascertaining the community resources
available for dealing with these problems.
(Source: P.A. 94-904, eff. 6-22-06.)
(105 ILCS 60/25)
Sec. 25. Establishment of community service education
program by school district. A school district may establish
and operate a community service education program that
qualifies for a grant under Section 92 of this Act by complying
with the provisions of this Act and any rules adopted by the
State Board of Education under Section 500 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-904, eff. 6-22-06.)
(105 ILCS 60/92)

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Sec. 92. Grants. Subject to the availability of funds for
the specific purpose of making grants for community service
education, the State Board of Education and the Office of the
Lieutenant Governor are jointly is authorized to make grants to
school districts operating community service education
programs that meet the standards set forth in this Act and any
rules adopted under Section 500 of this Act by the State Board
of Education.
(Source: P.A. 94-904, eff. 6-22-06.)
(105 ILCS 60/500)
Sec. 500. Rules. The State Board of Education and the
Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall jointly may adopt any
rules that are necessary to implement and administer this Act.
With respect to this Act, rules, standards, and procedures of
the State Board of Education in effect on the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall be
deemed the joint rules, standards, and procedures of the State
Board of Education and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor
and shall remain in effect until jointly amended or repealed by
the State Board of Education and the Office of the Lieutenant
Governor.
(Source: P.A. 94-904, eff. 6-22-06.)